The Kansas City Chiefs erstwhile again saw confetti falling successful their favour successful a important game, arsenic they won the AFC Championship for the 3rd consecutive play to springiness themselves a accidental astatine Super Bowl past successful New Orleans adjacent month.
On the different sideline, the Buffalo Bills were gutted erstwhile they saw Samaje Perine tally for the archetypal down indispensable to seal the 32-29 victory.
After the game, backmost Josh Allen fto his feelings retired erstwhile asked astir his emotions pursuing yet different nonaccomplishment to the Chiefs successful the postseason.
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Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen, #17, warms up earlier the AFC Championship NFL shot crippled against the Kansas City Chiefs connected Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025 successful Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
"It’s conscionable not fun," helium said aft letting retired a sigh. "But to beryllium the champs, you got to bushed the champs, and we didn’t bash it tonight."
Allen is present 0-4 against the Chiefs successful the postseason, truthful the regular play triumph implicit Kansas City astatine the Bills' Highmark Stadium does not substance successful the extremity for this squad oregon its quarterback.
However, the shot was successful Allen’s hands to alteration that winless streak precocious successful the 4th quarter. However, with the two-minute informing and fourth-and-5 connected the scoreboard, the Chiefs dialed up the cleanable pressure, and Allen launched a supplication downfield to choky extremity Dalton Kincaid.
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It deed his arms but went incomplete. Then, with the Bills down 3 points, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs knew a mates of archetypal downs equaled different Super Bowl trip.
"They gave a bully look," Allen said erstwhile asked what helium saw earlier that fourth-down snap. "Didn’t spot thing successful my archetypal cadence. They were sliding left, the country came…yeah."
There was not overmuch other Allen could accidental conscionable minutes aft falling conscionable abbreviated again astatine the Bills’ archetypal travel to the Super Bowl since 1993. However, Mahomes was classy aft the game, giving kudos to Allen during his code portion hoisting the AFC rubric trophy.
Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen, #17, drops backmost to walk arsenic Kansas City Chiefs antiaircraft extremity Mike Danna, #51, defends during the 2nd fractional of the AFC Championship NFL shot crippled connected Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025 successful Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
"I person truthful overmuch respect for Josh, man," helium said to CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz. "He’s a existent competitor, a existent warrior, a large shot player. They ever travel down to the wire. Luckily, we were connected the winning broadside this time. I’m excited to get down to New Orleans. Let’s spell marque history."
The Bills wanted to beryllium looking astatine 1 much crippled to hopefully springiness the franchise its first-ever Super Bowl – they infamously mislaid 4 consecutive from 1990-93 – but they volition person to spell backmost to the drafting committee with the offseason starting to spot if they tin alteration that successful 2025.
Allen could beryllium getting a monolithic idiosyncratic accolade, arsenic helium is an MVP finalist and expected to beryllium a frontrunner alongside Baltimore Ravens backmost Lamar Jackson for their enactment during the 2024 campaign.
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However, Allen volition accidental helium does not attraction astir idiosyncratic achievements close now. His Bills lost, again astatine the hands of the Chiefs, and they volition person months to stew implicit it earlier a caller play begins.
"You tin either get it done, oregon you can’t. We didn’t get it done," Allen said.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.